Friday, May 7

May Friendship Day Celebration, 2:30 pm, Lockwood Lodge at Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free (donations accepted) service led by members of Church Women United/Newtown-Bethel will follow theme of building friendships through faith, light refreshments, all welcome; 426-9707, 426-5192.

17th Annual Newtown Youth Services Youth Talent Show, 7 pm, Newtown Middle School auditorium, Queen Street, admission $5 adults, $2 ages 12 and under, performances by singers, dancers, musicians, and other entertainers of all ages; 270-4335.

Opening night of Don’t Dress for Dinner by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $20 (this performance only, regularly $15), season opener for Town Players is Marc Camoletti’s comedy, opening night performance is fundraiser for Newtown Congregational Church, performances continue weekends to May 29; 270-9144.

Saturday, May 8

12th Annual “Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive,” residents asked to leave nonperishable food next to their mailboxes by 9 am Saturday, postal carriers will pick up donations that day, donations will benefit FAITH Food Pantry and Salvation Army Food Pantry at Edmond Town Hall.

Annual Town & Country Garden Club of Newtown Plant Sale, 9 am–2 pm rain or shine, The Inn at Newtown, 19 Main Street, sale of flower baskets, member-grown perennials and other plants, proceeds benefit club’s civic activities.

Mother’s Day Flower Sale, 9 am–4 pm, Sandy Hook Fire House, Riverside Road, proceeds benefit Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company Ladies Auxiliary.

34th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show, 10 am–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, approximately 150 works by SCAN members will be on view during library hours until May 9; 426-1212, 203-445-9975 (evenings).

An Italian dinner, “Una Grande Famiglia,” 5–9 pm, St Rose Parish Hall, Church Hill Road, with live music, costumes, and hourly door prizes, continuous seating, to benefit choir pilgrimage to Rome, everyone welcome, $15 adults, $10 children under 12, tickets at door or call 270-6520 for parties of eight to ten.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner raises funds each month for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-0617.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see above listing), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-0617.

Don’t Dress for Dinner by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $15, Marc Camoletti’s comedy continue weekends to May 29; 270-9144.

 

Sunday, May 9

MOTHER’S DAY

Final day 34th Annual SCAN Spring Juried Art Show, 1–3 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Monday, May 10

Borough Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

“Harriet Beecher Stowe: A First-Person Characterization,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free Newtown Historical Society program by Jane Sabatelli, who will personify and discuss one of the most important American women of 19th Century; 426-5937.

Auditions for Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7–9:30 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, director Ruth Anne Baumgartner seeks actors for all roles except Falstaff, auditions also running May 11; 270-9144.

Tuesday, May 11

Open Space Committee, 8:30 am, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

Auditions for Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, 7–9:30 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, see May 10 details; 270-9144.

Concert by pianist Jerry Traunig, 7 pm, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, free, selections from Mr Traunig’s repertoire including ragtime, novelties, standards, show tunes, classical and more, postperformance reception; 426-8118.

Booth Library Board of Trustees, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Wednesday, May 12

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 8:30 am–6:45 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, for appointments call 800-GIVE-LIFE (488-3543) or visit website www.bloodct.org.

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Genealogy Club of Newtown meeting, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free and open to anyone interested in genealogy, guest speaker Donna Moughty will present “Finding What You Want on the Internet”; 270-7887, 426-3889.

Conservation Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown, Inc (SCAN) meeting, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free program on painting with watercolor by guest artist Barbara Goodspeed; 426-6654.

Thursday, May 13

Water Pollution Control Authority, 7:30 pm, sewage treatment plant, Commerce Road.

Friday, May 14

The Woodland Scholars concert, 7 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 31 Main Street, suggested donation $7, 18-member a cappella vocal ensemble’s program will include psalms of Brahms and Mendelssohn, spirituals, folk songs and Pops arrangements; 426-9070.

Don’t Dress for Dinner by Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $15, Marc Camoletti’s comedy continue weekends to May 29; 270-9144.